中国古代治河思想是中国古代朴素唯物主义应用于实践的典范。中国古代治河思想主张“其尽人事，不诿天数”，在顺其水性的基础上重视主体的作用；提出从动态上把握河流，黄淮运统筹治理，全面规划；重视钻研治河理论，注重实践，这在中国思想史、科技史上都是独树一帜的。中国古代治河思想中关于水的哲学思考，无论是深度，还是广度，都是对其他自然现象研究所不能比拟的。 Ancient Chinese thought of river management is an example of the application of simple materialism to practice in ancient China. In ancient China, the thought of governing rivers in the country advocated “doing all human and not worthy days” and paid attention to the role of the subject on the basis of its water quality. It proposed that the river, This is unique in China’s history of ideas and science and technology. Philosophical thinking on water in ancient Chinese thought of river management, both in depth and breadth, is unmatched by other institutes of natural phenomena.